1898–99 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton 1898–99 football season

Dumbarton1898–99 season

Stadium| Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup| First Round
Top goalscorer| League:
All: Willie Speedie (6)

Home colours

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The 1898–99 season was the 26th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level entering the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Qualifying Cup. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup.

## Scottish Qualifying Cup

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Since 1895, the smaller clubs required to enter the Scottish Qualifying Cup in order to gain access to the Scottish Cup proper. This season, for the first time, Dumbarton were required to pre-qualify for the Scottish Cup and did so by reaching the fourth round of the Qualifying Cup before losing out to Renton.

Dumbarton v Linthouse 24 September 1898 QualifyCup R1|  Dumbarton | 6–2[1]|  Linthouse | Boghead Park

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Littlejohn
Speedie  55'
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Thornliebank v Dumbarton 8 October 1898 QualifyCup R2|  Thornliebank | 2–4[2]|  Dumbarton | Thornliebank

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Littlejohn

Dumbarton v Glasgow University 22 October 1898 QualifyCup R3|  Dumbarton | 7–1[3]|  Glasgow University | Boghead Park

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Littlejohn  |  |  |

Renton v Dumbarton 5 November 1898 QualifyCup R4|  Renton | 3–2[4]|  Dumbarton | Tontine Park

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Brady  50' |  | Speedie

## Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1898–99 Scottish Cup

Dumbarton's appearance in the Scottish Cup itself was short-lived being knocked out in the first round by East Stirlingshire.

East Stirling v Dumbarton 14 January 1899 Cup R1|  East Stirling | 4–1[5][6]|  Dumbarton | Merchiston Park

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| Jardine
scrimmage
Hailstones  90' |  | Gillies  40' | Attendance: 4,000

## Dumbartonshire Cup

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Dumbarton continued to dominate the local scene by retaining the Dumbartonshire Cup, beating Vale of Leven in a two-legged semi final then Renton in the final.

Vale of Leven v Dumbarton 11 February 1899 Semi Final First Leg|  Vale of Leven | 3–2|  Dumbarton | Millburn Park

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Dumbarton v Vale of Leven 25 February 1899 Semi Final Second Leg|  Dumbarton | 4–0
(6–3 agg.)|  Vale of Leven | Boghead Park

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Dumbarton v Renton 22 April 1899 Final|  Dumbarton | 6–3|  Renton | Millburn Park

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| Speedie

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| Attendance: 600

## Friendlies

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For a second season Dumbarton were without league fixtures, and the task of building a fixture list with attractive opponents was becoming more difficult.

During the season, 15 'friendly' matches were played, including close defeats home and away against Celtic, and fixtures against Ayrshire Cup holders, Kilmarnock, Lanarkshire Cup holders, Airdrie and Perthshire Cup holders, Fair City Athletic, in the latter case to open Fair City's new ground. In all, 6 were won and 9 lost, scoring 45 goals and conceding 45.

Dumbarton v Celtic 24 August 1898 Friendly|  Dumbarton | 1–3|  Celtic | Boghead Park

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| Mackie  |  | Somers
Campbell
85' | Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Mr McLeod

Vale of Leven v Dumbarton 27 August 1898 Friendly|  Vale of Leven | 0–3|  Dumbarton | Millburn Park

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Mackie  |

Kilmarnock v Dumbarton 17 September 1898 Friendly|  Kilmarnock | 8–2|  Dumbarton | Rugby Park

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Dumbarton v Renton 1 October 1898 Friendly|  Dumbarton | 2–3|  Renton | Boghead Park

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Thomson  (pen) |  | Traill  5'
Martin

Dumbarton v Scottish Amateur XI 15 October 1898 Friendly|  Dumbarton | 3–4|  Scottish Amateur XI | Boghead Park

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Celtic v Dumbarton 12 November 1898 Friendly|  Celtic | 3–2|  Dumbarton | Celtic Park

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Divers  |  | Littlejohn
Speedie  | Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Mr Richmond

Dumbarton v Linthouse 26 November 1898 Friendly|  Dumbarton | 5–3|  Linthouse | Boghead Park

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Gillies
Miller,J
Wingate  |  |

Queen's Park v Dumbarton 3 December 1898 Friendly|  Queen's Park | 8–2|  Dumbarton | Hampden Park

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Mitchell  (OG)

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Speedie  | Referee: Mr Ellis

Dumbarton v Airdrie 10 December 1898 Friendly|  Dumbarton | 7–1|  Airdrie | Boghead Park

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Wingate
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Littlejohn  |  | Goldie  |

Renton v Dumbarton 24 December 1898 Friendly|  Renton | 2–0|  Dumbarton | Tontine Park

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Dumbarton v King's Park 7 January 1899 Friendly|  Dumbarton | 6–0|  King's Park | Boghead Park

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Dundee v Dumbarton 4 February 1899 Friendly|  Dundee | 5–3|  Dumbarton | Carolina Port

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Dumbarton v Renton 18 February 1899 Friendly|  Dumbarton | 4–1|  Renton | Boghead Park

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Fair City Athletic v Dumbarton 16 March 1899 Friendly|  Fair City Athletic | 4–3|  Dumbarton | Balhousie Park, Perth

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Ayr Parkhouse v Dumbarton 8 April 1899 Friendly|  Ayr Parkhouse | 0–2|  Dumbarton | Beresford Park

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## Player statistics

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The lack of league participation continued to take a toll on the players willing to serve the club and, amongst others, John Docherty, James Richmond and internationalist William Thomson left the club to join Celtic, Partick Thistle and Clyde respectively.

No. | Pos | Nat | Player  | Total | Scottish Cup | Qualifying Cup

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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals
| GK |  SCO | G Millar[7] | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0
| DF |  SCO | Andrew Mauchlen[8] | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0
| DF |  SCO | Daniel Thomson[9] | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1
| MF |  SCO | John Gillan[10] | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0
| MF |  SCO | Kennedy[11] | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0
| MF |  SCO | Henry Mitchell[12] | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0
| MF |  SCO | Morrice[13] | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0
| FW |  SCO | Alexander Gillies[14] | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0
| FW |  SCO | Robert Hendry[15] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
| FW |  SCO | James Littlejohn[16] | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5
| FW |  SCO | Lewis Mackie[17] | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0
| FW |  SCO | John Millar[18] | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4
| FW |  SCO | Willie Speedie[19] | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6
| FW |  SCO | Thomas Wingate[20] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0

Source:[21]

## Reserve team

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Dumbarton lost in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Rangers.

## References

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1. ^ "Dumbarton 6 - 2 Linthouse, Saturday, September 24th, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
2. ^ "Thornliebank 2 - 4 Dumbarton, Saturday, October 8th, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
3. ^ "Dumbarton 7 - 1 Glasgow University, Saturday, October 22nd, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
4. ^ "Renton 3 - 2 Dumbarton, Saturday, November 5th, 1898". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
5. ^ "East Stirlingshire 4 - 1 Dumbarton, Scottish Cup (14/01/1899)". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
6. ^ "East Stirlingshire 4 - 1 Dumbarton, Saturday, January 14th, 1899". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
7. ^ "G Millar - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
8. ^ "Andrew Mauchlen - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
9. ^ "Daniel Thomson - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
10. ^ "John Gillan - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
11. ^ "Kennedy - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
12. ^ "Henry Mitchell - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
13. ^ "Morrice - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
14. ^ "Alexander Gillies - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
15. ^ "Robert Hendry - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
16. ^ "James Littlejohn - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
17. ^ "Lewis Mackie - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
18. ^ "James Millar - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
19. ^ "Willie Speedie - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
20. ^ "Thomas Wingate - Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
21. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.

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* Scottish Cup (Final)
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* Results
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* Celtic
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